INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS No 01/02
10 January 2002
NEW FINNISH JUDGE AT THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
FORMAL SITTING ON 16 JANUARY 2002, 6 P.M.
As Mr Sevón has been appointed as the President of the Supreme Court
of Finland, he will leave his office at the Court of Justice of the European
Communities.
On 19 December 2001, the Conference of the Representatives of the Governments
of the Member States adopted a decision appointing the Finnish Professor of
Law Allan Rosas as a Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
for the period from 16 January 2002 to 6 October 2003.
The Court of Justice will hold a formal sitting on the occasion of the
departure of Judge Leif Sevón and the entry into office of Mr Allan
Rosas, on Wednesday 16 January 2002 at 6 p.m.
Leif Sev ó n
Born 1941; Doctor of Law (OTL) of the University of Helsinki; Director at the
Ministry of Justice; Adviser at the Trade Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs; Judge at the Supreme Court; Judge at the EFTA Court; President of the
EFTA Court; Judge at the Court of Justice since 19 January 1995.
Allan Rosas
Born 1948; Doctor of Laws 1977 of the University of Turku (Finland);
Professor of Law at the University of Turku 1978-1981 and at the Abo Akademi
University (Turku/Abo) 1981- 1996; Director of its Institute for Human Rights
1985-1995; various international and national academic postions of trust and
memberships in learned societies; coordinated several international and national
research projects and programmes, including in the fields of EUlaw, international
law, humanitarian and human rights law, constitutional law and comparative public
administration; represented the Finnish Government as member of, or adviser
to, Finnish delegations to various international conferences and meetings; expert
functions in relation to Finnish legal life, including governmental law commissions
and committees of the Finnish Parliament, as well as the UN, UNESCO, OSCE (CSCE)
and the Council of Europe; since 1995 Principal Legal Adviser at the Legal Service
of the European Commission, in charge of external relations; since March 2001,
Deputy Director-General of the Legal Service.
A press release in Finnish and English will be available for you.
The television team Europe by Satellite will film the sitting.
Should you require further information, please contact Mrs Ulrike Städtler
- tel number: 00352-4303-2409.
Please note the following;
* the use of mobile phones or other loud electronic devices is not permitted
during the sitting;
* the public is requested to remain quiet and seated throughout the hearing
or ceremony;
* the use of flash or supplementary lighting systems is not permitted;
* if numerous photographers and cameramen are interested, a .pool. may be
arranged by the Press and Information Division;
* photographers and cameramen may not move around the hearing room
in order to take photographs or to film;
* press are asked to use the Thomas More entrance, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer.
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In principle, your application will be accepted, unless you are otherwise
informed by the Court.